help, please! =)

[lifelessnbroken.livejournal.com]

i have a quick question for anyone who wants to help me out. i'm looking for someone to help me learn russian, kind of one on one. theres a site i found from a professor who teaches russian and he has this WHOLE thing with homework and quizzes and tests and such, but unfortunately, i dont have anyone who could grade the work when im done. is there anyone who could help me out? i also would like this person to maybe be an online/offline pen pal where we can write to each other in english and russian and see how i progress. i had some russian friends here, but sadly, some of them thought i was trying to copy them and "be" russian, i guess, when all i'm trying to do is learn the language. ::shrugs:: if anyone is interested please leave a comment with an email address!! if you'd like to e-mail me yourself, my address is:

linkinparksladkaya@yahoo.com

thank you all a bunch!

Comments

Why not take a course in school?

[t4us.livejournal.com]

This might be a good start for you.

Re: Why not take a course in school?

[lifelessnbroken.livejournal.com]

unfortunately, i dont have the money for college right now, and when i DO go, the college im going to go to doesnt offer russian as a language to learn, i dont believe. my major is going to be nursing. i thought it might help from someone here as well, since i'm slowly progressing

Re: Why not take a course in school?

[morgenstern180.livejournal.com]

if you don't take a school course, i'd suggest you get something with some sort of audio component (e.g. CDs) to help with the pronunciation (doubly important when there is also a new alphabet to be learned). Also, i've found it helps to have more than one do-it-yourself course. I have a book called Simplified Russian Grammar, the Living Langauge Russian Coursebook, and the Barrons Express Track to Russian (which has several books and audio tapes (yes, it's old...)), among other things. also, check the community info here and any posts with links to stuff in russian and so on, the more Russian you expose yourself to, the better...

I used to have one of those really basic books that came with stickers to put on everything in your house. the book wasn't very helpful (just basic things like colors, phrases to tell your name and age, ordering in restaraunts, etc.) but the stickers were cute, and did help me get started.

Re: Why not take a course in school?

[lifelessnbroken.livejournal.com]

i actually do have a book like that with the stickers and all..and i know the alphabet very well..i can read russian (though not know what i'm saying lol) rather quick, but i haven't brushed up on it in a while

[gris-diable.livejournal.com]

I have a friend which perfectly knows Russian. She's the native speaker. But she don't knows English well. Probably, you could held each other. She has helped me to learn Russian. If you want I'll give her your e-mail.

[ars-longa.livejournal.com]

I can help you, although I don't guarantee you any regularity. With the beginning of the semester I'm going to be a pretty busy person. But I can help you with proofing and grading your work.

you can knock to my yahoo messenger - asdbass@yahoo.com

[little-brownie.livejournal.com]

And I can help. pterodactyl@yandex.ru

[lifelessnbroken.livejournal.com]

thank you all to the people who are willing to help! the people in this community rock! haha

[dimmil.livejournal.com]

I can help

[-alex-dee-.livejournal.com]

если вопросы будут не очень большими, то zebstump@list.ru ;)